Hi from Washington D.C. where a very cold winter has gradually dissapeared and where we can smell spring in the air!
1.5 year since I moved to D.C. for my husband's work. Already! Time flies so fast!....What have I done during all this time? Yes, as a "professional nomad" known as "expats", my first mission was to set up our every day life : to find a house, to buy cars, to find where to go to grocery shopping, to understand American Enlglish on the phone, to arrange kids' after school activities, to find someone to trim your yard, to learn how to get and use coupons, to get used to the way how to greet and talk to your neighbor who may complain about the way how your gardener mows grass in your yard, to accepte to drink champagne in a plastic cup or to get used to American, more precisely D.C. busy business man, way of small talking at the reception etc, etc. (I do look like having opinions about these topics...) Ok, these first steps seem to have been made, at least partially, as I can handle it without hesitation.
Then now what? What about me and my own life?
I recently had a gathering with my closest friends and noticed we all have different backgrounds. Oh, Washington D.C., the Nation's capital, as Americans proudly say, is a highly international city where there are embassies, World Bank, Think Tanks, IMF etc. Why not involving my "international" friends to establish and run a multi-authors blog about "international expats writing about D.C. life" ? I, even if being a lazy person, can do that if I have friends who keep sharp eye on deadline matter!
Here we are. We are currently 5 of us(see our profiles) : all having different backgrounds, having studied different fields, having had(or having) different profession. Only thing we have in commun is we live in Washington D.C. area in the same periode of our life time and we fortunately met among thousands and thousands of people coming and leaving this city.
Our blog, "D.isC.uss" treats a wide variety of topics like life in D.C., an opinion about a trend news, cultural differences we encounter, parenting in D.C., hot restaurants to go, D.C. fashion news, museum event not to miss or what is happening in our country of origin etc. We publish an article at least once a week and this article will be biligual, in English and in our mother tongue.
Hope you, expats coming to D.C., live in D.C., lived in D.C. or you who are interested in expats opinion about Washington D.C. area matters all enjoy our brand new blog.
Let's "D.isC.uss"!
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